This past fall my son and I had the privaledge of heading to what my father-in-law calls "God's Country" for a long weekend of pheasant hunting. My wifes parents both originate from North Dakota and her uncle Allen still resides there so we had the oppurtunity to get out to North Dakota to shoot some birds. The pheasant hunting was unbelievable and far exceeded my expectations. Belle and Remi were like kids in a candy store smelling, chasing, and retrieving birds until they were blue in the face. It was a great first hunt for Remi. As the weekend progressed so did she! She continually got better and better the more birds she saw and hunted. By the end of the weekend she was far exceeding my expectations of what her first hunt would be and had even made some great long retrieves on running birds. The pheasant population is so great up there everywhere we went, the dogs were on the scent of birds!! In 3 days we saw upwards of around 1,000 birds and had come close to our limit almost everyday. The weather was a little warm so it was tough to get in close as the birds were flighty, but all in all it was a great experience and we look forward to making this an annual trip as a family!
